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Milo Boyd

Full list of UK rail strikes affecting Glastonbury Festival next week

The full train timetable for services running to Glastonbury Festival has been released this morning - and it's not looking great for revellers.

Next week the RMT and other rail unions are planning "the largest rail strike in modern history" in a dispute over pay and conditions.

You can find out more about what they're asking for here.

While the London to Castle Cary (the station closest to the festival) and Bristol to Castle Cary routes are among those running, the outlook is is bad for ticket holders travelling via train.

A usually busy line has been reduced to just a handful of services on key travel days, suggesting they will be packed full of passengers unable to go via road.

Here are the trains GWR plans to run across the festival days along main routes to Castle Cary.

Network Rail has released a map of lines which are still running (Network Rail)
Lines across the country are being shut down by striking workers (Getty Images)

Tuesday

Although the festival has not begun yet, thousands of volunteers and workers head to the site on Tuesday.

London Paddington to Castle Cary: Departing 09.32am, 10.48am, 11.32am, 1.02pm, 1.32pm, 4.45pm

Bristol Parkway to Castle Cary: 10.05am, 1.06pm, 2.06pm

Wednesday

Wednesday is not a strike day, but services may be running at a reduced level to normal. This may have an impact on what is usually the biggest travel day for those heading to the festival.

London Paddington to Castle Cary: 7.48am, 8.04am, 8.32am, 9.37am, 10.35am, 12.33pm, 1.32pm, 2.36pm, 4.04pm, 4.36pm, 5.36pm, 6.36pm, 8.03pm, 9.04pm

Bristol Parkway to Castle Cary: 8.23am, 9.18am, 10.16am, 11.15am, 12.17pm, 2.16pm, 4.16pm, 4.41pm, 5.16pm, 6.17pm, 8.24pm, 8.30pm, 9.25pm

Thursday

This is not looking great for all those people who couldn't get the annual leave to head to the festival on Wednesday.

The trains are usually packed on the Thursday when the trains are running smoothly, so who knows quite how miserable things could get this year.

London Paddington to Castle Cary: 7.44am, 9am, 10.07am, 11.02am, 11.32am, 1.02pm, 1.32pm, 2.45pm

Bristol Parkway to Castle Cary: 8.03am, 9.07am, 10.05am, 11.05am, 1.06pm

Services to Glastonbury are severely reduced (Andy Rain/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

Friday

Friday is another non-strike day, but again the service is reduced compared to usual.

London Paddington to Castle Cary: 7.04am, 7.32am, 9.37am, 10.35am, 12.33pm, 1.32pm, 2.36pm, 4.04pm, 4.36pm, 5.36pm, 6.36pm, 8.03pm, 9.04pm

Bristol Parkway to Castle Cary: 7.22am, 8.23am, 9.04am, 9.18am, 10.16am, 11.15am, 12.17pm, 2.16pm, 4.15pm, 4.41pm, 5.16pm, 6.17pm, 8.24pm, 8.30pm, 9.25pm

GWR says it has written to customers who are booked onto services which have now changed time due to the strikes.

"Any customer booked onto any train service outside of the times we are able to operate will be able to travel on an earlier service/to help customers, GWR is allowing people with tickets for travel on strike days to be able to travel on the day before and up to two days after," a spokesperson for the company said.

To view all the trains running next week, including services from your home town or city to the Glastonbury line, click here.

It very much looks like the strikes will go ahead last week, despite a plea from Transport Secretary Grant Shapps for it to be called off.

The Cabinet minister issued a direct plea to those embarking on three days of walkouts next week, stating that they "risk striking yourselves out of a job".

He also said that the Government plans to introduce legislation to enable the use of agency workers on the railways during industrial action "if the strike drags on".

Transport for London (TfL) also "strongly encouraged" people not to travel on London Underground on June 21 because of a 24-hour walkout by the RMT and Unite.

In a speech at a train depot in north London, Mr Shapps said the strikes would be "damaging" for railway workers and their families.

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